Where does “figge tre” come from?

figge tre (Middle English) comes from Middle English tre, from Middle English plumtre, from Old English plumtreow, from Old English trēow, from Proto-West Germanic treu, from Proto-Germanic trewą, from English doru, from Ancient Greek δόρυ — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.

figge tre (Middle English): A fig tree

Definitions

A fig tree

Ancestry of “figge tre”, step by step

figge tre traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English tre

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	tre	A tree or a plant that resembles one
2	Middle English	plumtre	A plum tree or a similar tree
3	Old English	plumtreow	plum tree
4	Old English	trēow	tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick,...
5	Proto-West Germanic	treu	tree; wood
6	Proto-Germanic	trewą	tree
7	English	doru	Alternative form of dory
8	Ancient Greek	δόρυ	wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,...
9	Proto-Hellenic	dóru	tree
10	Proto-Indo-European	dóru	tree
11	Proto-Indo-European	drew-	hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree

via Middle English fige

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	fige	A fig tree; A fig; A kind of boil or sore
2	Anglo-Norman	figue	fig
3	Old French	figue	fig
4	Occitan	figa	fig
5	Old Occitan	figa	fig
6	Vulgar Latin	fica	fig; fig, fig-tree
7	Latin	ficus	fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
8	Phoenician	??	Ripe fig

via Old English fictreow

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old English	fictreow	fig tree
2	Old English	fīc	fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer,...
3	Proto-Germanic	fīkaz	—

Words derived from “figge tre”

fig tree

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dóru →Every word from Proto-Hellenic dóru →